A 10-year-old boy was shot dead during an Israeli incursion into the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medics said, as the army kept up near daily operations in the Hamas-ruled territory.
The child, Tamer Abu Shaar, 10, was shot in the head by a bullet fired by the Israeli army during an incursion near the central town of Deir al-Balah, Doctor Muawiya Hassanein, head of Gaza emergency services, told AFP.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said troops operating in the area responded when a group of Palestinians opened fire on them, saying the "soldiers identified hitting only gunmen."
The armed wing of the Islamist Hamas movement which seized control of the Gaza Strip in June said it had fired 13 mortar rounds at an Israeli foot patrol in the area.
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian gunman during a firefight, medics and the army said.
An army statement said "a gunman approaching the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at the force, which returned fire and identified hitting him."
At least 6,149 people -- the vast majority of them Palestinians -- have been killed since the eruption of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, according to an AFP count.
Of those, 188 were killed after Israel and the Palestinians resumed peace talks at a US-sponsored conference in November.
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